Despite her abundance of awards for her role, Natalie Gumede has revealed that she has no plans to return to Coronation Street! Gumede backed out of the long-running ITV soap last year as her character, Kirsty Soames, was sent to prison for the domestic . Well, Iӭ smitten again. This time with Corrie actress Natalie Gumede, who refused to visit 10 Downing Street with the rest of the Strictly Come Dancing semi-finalists because she disagrees profoundly with Tory policies.